From Idris Elba, to Larry Lamb and Vladimir Putin… here’s our guide to identifying bad lads
Meet the modern-day cad who is devilishly good-looking, smarmy, but totally irresistible to the ladies
HE is devilishly good looking, a bit smarmy but totally irresistible. Meet the modern-day cad.
Posh mag Country Life’s latest edition warns of the badly-behaved ladies’ man.
Editor Mark Hedges says: “Cads are great company at a party – but don’t expect them to pay the cab fare home.”
Here, SAM CARLISLE picks some modern-day cads and gives each a top hat rating out of five, while on the left is a checklist to help you spot a bad lad.
The Lad Cad - Idris Elba
THERE is a reason he has been so heavily rumoured as the next Bond.
Which woman hasn’t fantasised about the Luther star with the deep, slow, gravelly voice and muscled physique investigating their personal mysteries?
Idris oozes confidence – a must-have attribute – and has a stare so intense it could wilt spinach. He plays mostly bad boys or misunderstood men who, gulp, need rescuing.
He’s a petrolhead AND an international DJ, which are both essential interests for a modern-day cad.
Does he treat ladies well?
He’s been linked to the likes of Naomi Campbell and Madonna but frankly, he’s not brilliant at sustaining relationships.
His secret second wife Sonya Hamlin said he broke her heart. Earlier this year he separated from his girlfriend Naiyana Garth – mother of his two-year-old son Winston – but they got back together in May.
Weirdly, that just makes him all the more attractive.
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The Vlad Cad - Vladimir Putin
DOESN’T wear socks? He doesn’t even wear tops. Prefers superyachts to sailing yachts? He commands the entire fleet.
Has more than two phones? Hardly matters, as he runs the whole Russian operation.
The Russian leader is rich enough to buy diamonds for his mistress – rumoured to be a gymnast – AND his wife Lyudmila before their 2014 divorce.
We can only imagine what she secured as her part in the settlement – half of the Ukraine, maybe? Devilishly handsome? Er, no. Just devilish.
The Dad Cad - Larry Lamb
THE I’m A Celeb and ex-EastEnders star opened up about his caddish past in the Jungle camp on Monday night.
He told ex-footballer Wayne Bridge he had been married three times by the age of 32. There are also rumours of a secret love-child, which is a top cad credential.
At 69, he’s not just handsome but fit enough to do squats while carrying Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas on his back.
Larry rocks the cad vibe – who doesn’t want to look after a lamb?
The giveaway signs
- Treats his mistress to diamonds but his wife gets a Dyson
- Has more than two pictures of himself in his loo
- Wears a blazer with gold buttons
- Calls you by the wrong name when in bed
- Brushes his hair at least three times a day
- Fills decanters with plonk
- Isn’t safe in taxis
- Always deletes his search history
- Has a year-round tan
- Goes Dutch on dates
- Regularly passes off love poems as his own
- Prefers superyachts to to sailing yachts
- Regularly poaches other people’s women
- Can often be spotted holidaying in Dubai
- Repeatedly mentions where he went to school
- Has more than two phones
- Doesn’t wear socks
- Thinks foreplay is optional
- Always looks over your shoulder at parties
- Buys petrol-station flowers